Fogbank, September 26, 2011

Hello WeatherBrains Listeners, this is the Fogbank, listener supplied
picks of the week, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC, skydaver on twitter. You can find me on Google+ at gplus.to/Skydaver.
If you have an interesting weather link, send it to me, and I'll put it into the Fogbank.

You can find all my picks, and a link for this audio, at my blog,
skydaver.blogspot.com

My first pick is a blog by an aspiring TV meteorologist.  It's called Daring to Dream, and it is documenting one man's journey to becoming a famous weatherman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/daring-to-dream-big-i-want-to-be-a-famous-weatherman/2011/08/09/gIQAJ9Oi6I_blog.html

My second pick is another one from the Capital Weather Gang, Greg Postel writes about the remainder of the Atlantic Hurricane Season
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/is-the-atlantic-hurricane-season-winding-down/2011/09/14/gIQAU2i5RK_blog.html

My third pick is from NOAA News, a story covering the final assessment of the Joplin tornado
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110920_joplin.html

My last pick is Chasing The Lights, a blog about photography of the Aurora.  Prepare to be stunned with some beautiful pictures.
http://arildheitmann.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/chasing-the-lights/

Finally, from the Wall Street Journal, a piece about hurricane names, and an interactive graphic with every named storm since 1950
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903703604576584503299280390.html?mod=e2tw#articleTabs%3Dinteractive

Thanks for listening
Skydaver, out!



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Fogbank, Sept. 19, 2011

Hello WeatherBrains Listeners, this is the Fogbank, listener supplied

picks of the week, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC, skydaver on twitter. Send

me your picks for the Fogbank.

You can find all my picks, and a link for this audio, at my blog,

skydaver.blogspot.com

Since today's Fogbank is being recorded on International Talk Like A Pirate Day, I'll ask what part of a hurricane is a pirate's favorite?

Eye, Matey!

My first pick is a set of weather games & quizzes for kids

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/k4/weather/Whandson2.html

Next up, a blogpost from the Capital Weather Gang, an alternative to the Weather Channel

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/a-new-alternative-to-the-weather-channel---weather-nation-tv-interview-with-ceo-paul-douglas/2011/08/18/gIQAkvJcNJ_blog.html

My third pick is from Phil Plait, writer of the Bad Astronomy blog at Discover, has a post about a photo taken from the ISS of the Aurora Australis

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/09/15/the-hunter-the-station-and-the-southern-lights/

Fourth, from WAAY-TV in Huntsville, AL, a story about WeatherFest at UAH.

http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/story/Weather-Enthusiasts-Gather-at-UA-Huntsville-for/aZXVcftE60-2axGw1-xRQA.cspx

I'll close with a story from NOAA Climate Services on heavy rainfall & flooding in the Northeast

http://www.climatewatch.noaa.gov/image/2011/record-rains-floods-in-the-northeast

Thanks for listening

Skydaver, out!

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Fogbank for Sept. 12, 2011

Hello WeatherBrains Listeners, this is the Fogbank, listener supplied
picks of the week, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC, skydaver on twitter. Send
me your picks for the Fogbank.

You can find all my picks, and a link for this audio, at my blog,
skydaver.blogspot.com

My first pick is an image of Hurricane Katia  from NASA Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=52032

Next up, the NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Observed precipitation totals interactive webpage.
http://water.weather.gov/precip/

The third pick is a video about Hurricane Hunters flying into Nate.  A
meteorologist from WKRG flew along with them for this trip.
http://www2.wkrg.com/weather/2011/sep/10/hurricane-hunters-fly-nate-ar-2390180/

Fourth up, a study from the Univ of Miami School of Marine &
Atmospheric science correlates El Nino, La Nina & neutral conditions
with hurricane landfall probabilities.  The article appears in the
American Meteorological Society's Journal of Climate
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-09/uomr-u6y090911.php

I'll close out with a article from Scientific American on forensic meteorology
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=csi-mother-nature--forens

Thanks for listening; Skydaver, out!

The Audio

Fogbank for September 5, 2011

Hello WeatherBrains Listeners, this is the Fogbank, listener supplied picks of the week, keeping Weatherbrains foghorn free for JB.

I'm Dave Phillips, from Winston Salem, NC, skydaver on twitter. Send me your picks for the Fogbank.

You can find all my picks, and a link for this audio, at my blog, skydaver.blogspot.com


We will start off this week with a Hurricane Irene Mashup on YouTube
Someone has too much time on their hands … but it's darn funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCCrN1w_YTs

My second pick is a comic discussing the weather
http://www.nicky510.com/comic/singing-in-the-rain/
http://www.nicky510.com/comic/eeny-meeny/

Third, I've got Clouds, as photographed from 25000 feet. The airplane has its door open, so the view is spectacular.
 I've got the link from both petapixel.com, and the photographer's site.
http://www.petapixel.com/2011/08/31/clouds-photographed-through-an-open-plane-door-4-miles-up/
http://www.nehmzow.de/reportagefeatures/view/?modus=bigimg&kat=12&foto=1&page=1

A NY Times blog, saying that NHC forecasters did their job during Hurricane Irene
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/federal-hurricane-forecasters-did-their-job/?src=tp

James Payton, at Univ. of Alabama Hunstville, has a blog posting responding to the story "do we need the NWS".  His answer, YES!
http://uahweather.blogspot.com/2011/08/do-we-really-need-national-weather.html

Thanks for listening
Skydaver, Out!

Special Bonus this week.  JB wasn't on the show, so here's the link I sent for him.  From the Wall Street Journal, the Waffle House Index of Storm Damage Assessment:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904716604576542460736605364.html?mod=e2gp

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